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NHS Workforce Rebel ✊ | Co-Founder & MD | Turning Chaos into Clarity | Author of "Naked Business: Does anyone really know what they are doing?" (coming soon)
What do you value more? When it comes to workforce planning what are you really looking for when engaging in a solution for job planning: A) An expensive system, with support that doesn't solve the problem? B) A cheap system without support that doesn't solve the problem? C) A mid priced system, with great support, great implementation, user friendly and all the bells and whistles that doesn't solve the problem? It's a stupid question isn't it. You might be wondering, 'Why ask such an obvious question?' If the answer is obvious, why do trusts still pick from one of the above three answers consistently. Especially when they know that it has no material impact on workforce planning. Is it because they don’t believe another option exists? Here is another question, and be honest. What do you do with your job planning data when you have it (assuming you are fully engaged)? Also, do you feel that gathering accurate, consistent job planning data is important and if so why? I would imagine the answer most of you want to give is: Job planning is a vital part of workforce planning as the data is the only real way to understand the capacity of resource we have to deliver against the demand on our services. What we want is a solution that provides tangible productivity outcomes. To which I agree whole heartedly. I know this post sounds a little facetious, it is the complete opposite. We take it so seriously that we've developed a solution focused on delivering tangible productivity outcomes, not just ticking boxes. How valuable would it be to have forensic-level management information showing who works for you, what they do, and their capacity? Information that allows you to make evidence based strategic decisions about saving money, reducing backlogs, safe staffing levels, satisfy you ICB, improving patient outcomes? If these are valuable to you, let's talk. Send my a direct message on here and we can set up a discovery meeting, where we will listen to your issues and your goals. #nhs #workforceplanning #jobplanning #productivity SARD JV